US 12,225,908 B1
Method and apparatus for baking pocket bun
Robert Mayernick, South Bend, IN (US)
Assigned to Robert Mayernick, South Bend, IN (US)
Filed by Robert Mayernick, South Bend, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/750,181.
Application 18/750,181 is a division of application No. 18/524,389, filed on Nov. 30, 2023.
Int. Cl. A23P 30/10 (2016.01); A21B 3/13 (2006.01); A21D 8/06 (2006.01); A21D 13/33 (2017.01); B29C 39/00 (2006.01); B29C 39/02 (2006.01); B29C 39/36 (2006.01); B29C 39/26 (2006.01)
CPC A21B 3/134 (2013.01) [A21D 8/06 (2013.01); A21D 13/33 (2017.01); A23P 30/10 (2016.08); B29C 39/02 (2013.01); B29C 39/36 (2013.01); B29C 39/26 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
 
1. A method for baking an edible container, comprising:
providing a mold base having a base plate, a male mold vertically protruding from said base plate having a consistent profile and terminating at an end wall located above said base plate;
providing a housing having a top opening, a bottom opening, and a ring wall affixed to said housing between said top and bottom openings, said ring wall having a profile complementary to said male mold;
forming a pallet having a chamber with an open top by lowering said housing to surround said male mold and mating to said mold base to seal said ring wall to said male mold;
dispensing a fixed volume of dough into said chamber through said open top;
baking said pallet to convert said dough to a pocketed container;
stripping said pocketed container from said male mold with said ring wall by vertically removing said housing from said mold base; and
inverting said housing to remove said pocketed container from said housing through said top opening.